Ephesians 2:16 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it,

English ASV

and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

English Amplified

And [He designed] to reconcile to God both [Jew and Gentile, united] in a single body by means of His cross, thereby killing the mutual enmity and bringing the feud to an end.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And [He designed] to reconcile to God both [Jew and Gentile, united] in a single body by means of His cross, thereby killing the mutual enmity and bringing the feud to an end.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

He did this so that he might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross by which he put the hostility to death.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

and might reconcile both in one body to God by the cross, having by it slain the enmity;

English EASY 2024

As a single group, Christ brought Jews and Gentiles back to God. He stopped them from hating each other. He did this by his death on the cross.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Through the cross Christ ended the hate between the two groups. And after they became one body, he wanted to bring them both back to God. He did this with his death on the cross.

and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

By his death on the cross Christ destroyed their enmity; by means of the cross he united both races into one body and brought them back to God.

English God's Word - GW 1995

He also brought them back to God in one body by his cross, on which he killed the hostility.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

[He did this so] that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross and put the hostility to death by it.

English KJV 1611

And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:

English LSB

and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having in Himself put to death the enmity.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

and that He might reconcile both to God into one body through the cross, thereby slaying the enmity.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

and might reconcile both with God, in one body, through the cross, putting that enmity to death by it.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He planned to bring both of them as one body back to God because of the cross. Christ put their hatred to death on that cross.

English NIV

and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.

English NKJ 1982

and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.

English NLT

Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Two have now become one, and we live restored to God and reconciled in the body of Christ. Through his crucifixion, hatred died.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby bringing the hostility to an end.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

As parts of the same body, our anger against each other has disappeared, for both of us have been reconciled to God. And so the feud ended at last at the cross.

English Tyndale 1537

and to reconcile both unto God in one body thorow his cross, and slew hatred thereby:

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